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Here is part 2 of how to make a pie crust. Did you miss part 1? You can find it here. After you made your dough and it has been refrigerated for 1 hour or overnight, it’s time to roll out. These instructions are for a 9 inch bottom crust. 1. Take the dough out of … Continue reading →

Pie takes a lot of a patience, knowledge and experience to be really good. I’ve made several pies this summer but I haven’t posted most of the recipes. I feel like I haven’t ‘perfected’ the recipes so I’m waiting to see what works best. Even though I don’t have a lot of pie recipes to … Continue reading →

Here I will show you step by step how to make a pie crust. The following recipe makes two 9 in. pie crusts. Above are the basic ingredients: 4 cups flour 2 tsp salt 3/4 to 1 cup cold water 2 cups butter, cold and cubed Directions: 1. Combine flour and salt in a large … Continue reading →

Have you ever wanted to make a something that required ripe fruit but the fruit you just bought is rock hard? Well, to help fruit ripen faster, place the fruit in a brown paper bag and close it loosely. They should ripen in a couple days. As fruit ripens it gives off a gas. When … Continue reading →

Oh lattice crust…are you really as complicated as you look? Yes and no. Yes, because you have to work quickly and in order to do so you need to know what you are doing. No, if you know what you are doing :). This was actually the first time I’ve attempted this design. These are … Continue reading →

This was my first time using an actual pastry bag and fancy tip to ice cupcakes. I was impressed with how easy it was to make cupcakes look beautiful so I wanted to share what I learned so you can have fancy cupcakes too! Keep the overall design simple. I used a white cupcake liner … Continue reading →

Yummy Easter lunch pictured above! So I know that Easter was several weeks ago but I wanted to share my method of preparing a meal for company. It can be intimidating having to cook for a group. What if my food doesn’t turn out? What if it’s not all done when guests arrive? How am … Continue reading →

Since starting this blog I’ve mentioned a couple times how much I like pie. (I seriously really like pie). I couldn’t get it out of my head so I decided to make a coconut cream pie this weekend. It was going to be amazing and I was finally going to satisfy my pie craving but … Continue reading →

Spring is here and it makes me want to brighten things up even though it’s still on the colder side. Well, it’s been rainy cold at times and sunny gorgeous at other times. Like so… Either way, lemon sugar will do the trick. You can add this simple concoction in place of regular sugar for … Continue reading →

A lot of baking recipes require you to have softened butter. The softened butter is important because it allows the cookies or whatever you are making to rise appropriately, however, it takes hours to soften. In the winter, my home is so cold I have place the butter near the heater to make sure it … Continue reading →

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Welcome to my small corner of the blog world at heapingtablespoon My name is Kim and I am on a mission to learn the art of homebaking and challenge myself to make tastier treats than I have before. My posts are filled with sweet and savory recipes including tips on both. I hope you find something you like.
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